In case it is of interest, the wonderful, handwriting primer, “Gregg Handwriting” by Mr. Gregg and Mary Louise Champion is for sale at the UK Amazon site:
I have this book and thoroughly enjoy it.
The explanations and examples will be dearly familiar to a shorthand writer.
It was published by the Gregg Publishing Company in Great Britain, and if I remember correctly, in 1931. (I’m not at home to check the date.)
Mary Louise Champion was one of the top penmen of the day, and had written a penmanship text a few years earlier. It can be read at the IAMPETH site:
http://www.iampeth.com/books/champion/the_champion_method_index.php
(by S. for group greggshorthand)
Here is a bit of biographical information on Mary Champion, at the IAMPETH site:
http://www.iampeth.com/golden_champion.php
Does anyone here own this book (Gregg Handwriting)? It would be great to have access to a scanned copy.
I do. The scanning of that book is on my to-do list.
If anyone is interested in a scan of Gregg Handwriting, let me know. I digitized the book, but I'm not sure yet if I will make it available on the blog.
Carlos, I'm so glad you have scanned the book. I have a copy of this book and treasure it greatly.
I think that Dr. Gregg's explanations of handwriting as a skill, and of such things as the movements and directions for writing the letters are a very lovely example of his brilliance as a teacher. This handwriting manual makes it quite obvious how the exact movement of the arm as a whole and the added accuracy of finger movement is the basis of the shorthand outlines.
If you have the time to post the scans of this book, I think others would also find it fascinating and helpful.
I kind of lost track of this thread, but I for one would love to see the scans of the Gregg Handwriting book. It seems to be scarce as can be . . .
Send a request via the About, Contact button above. Let me see what I can do.